Jennifer Lopez is an accomplished multi-hyphenate who has been a top celebrity for decades now. Along with her thriving career as a pop star and actress, she is also an entrepreneur with a number of high-profile business ventures. In addition to her line of cosmetics JLo Beauty and her recent shoe lineTHE Hustlers The actress also recently announced an alcohol line. But since JLo has been sober for years, the internet calls him out for creating a liquor brand. Let’s break it all down.
Just yesterday, Lopez announced a cocktail brand called Delola, which was founded by the artist herself. The brand has a variety of different flavors/cocktails, and its generations of fans will undoubtedly try it. You can see JLo’s announcement/commercial below, courtesy of his staff. instagram:
While this is another exciting business venture for Jennifer Lopez, the comments section of her announcement featured a ton of backlash. In particular because she and her husband Ben Affleck are sober, the latter actor having a very public battle with substance abuse issues over the years. And people weren’t shy about voicing their concerns about this burgeoning liquor line.
The top comment on Jennifer Lopez’s recent post has over 1.5,000 likes and asked why she would start an alcohol brand when she doesn’t drink. This popular answer reads:
Oh wow. It’s disappointing. Why not create an NA brand since you’ve been outspoken about the negative effects of alcohol and don’t drink yourself? It seems so off-brand to you, really curious why you’re selling alcohol.
Indeed, the idea of JLo launching her own liquor brand seems to have mystified the public, mostly because she and Ben Affleck don’t drink. While some pointed out that it could hurt her husband’s recovery, others thought she was just trying to get another paycheck. As another commenter wrote:
She’s not even drinking but take this bag girl.
This is just the latest example of Jennifer Lopez going viral online. Indeed, she has made countless headlines lately thanks to her relationship with Ben Affleckwith Bennifer 2.0 getting married months ago in Vegas. While she’s no doubt used to that kind of attention, she’s now facing a backlash for Delola. Another fan encouraged her to come up with sober options for this developing brand, commenting:
Create a non-alcoholic version!
Creating a version of its mocktails seems like a great way to placate some of the naysayers, while also making the burgeoning brand accessible to even more fans. We’ll just have to wait and see if she and the folks at Delola end up listening to that suggestion.
Another fan took umbrage at the mixed messages JLo gave about her sober lifestyle, while start a liquor line. They also took to the comments section saying:
Wow. I am so disappointed and confused by the story she tells about not drinking alcohol and all the benefits of not drinking. And his partner is sober? No matter what kind of “good for you ingredients” and “healthy labels” (gluten free) the alcohol has, it’s still a carcinogenic toxin. Plus, it would have been really cool if she could show that she can still enjoy life with a soft drink.
Of course, the comments weren’t all negative. Jennifer Lopez has generations of fans, some of whom came to her defense when she was announced on Instagram. One such fan credited her for staying strong despite the constant online chatter about his career and personal life. As they say,
She really doesn’t care about the hate she receives and just gets on with life. Imagine being so careless towards enemies and successfully killing them. Twitter is obsessed with attacking this woman and the more they attack her, the more she wins. Latin queen. You are an inspiration to many of us.
As is often the case with the life of Jennifer Lopez, many people have opinions about her latest business venture. We’ll just have to see if this backlash negatively affects the liquor line, or if it’s yet another hit for the Selena icon for success. After all, she has countless fans.
Jennifer Lopez has a number of exciting film projects in the works, including this one from Netflix The mother. In the meantime, check out the 2023 movie release dates to plan your next cinematic experience.